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Nazi Propagandist William Joyce
By Blaine TaylorThe most famous of the English-Language radio broadcasters from Nazi Germany was Brooklyn, New York-born William Joyce, known by the disparaging moniker Lord Haw Haw. Read more
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FDR’s Confidential Crusader
By Michael WilliamsOn March 14, 1988, a solemn ceremony took place at Arlington National Cemetery. Resplendent in their white caps and dress blues, the Marine body bearers laid to rest the ashes of Ernest Cuneo in the Columbarium with full military honors. Read more
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Hideki Tojo vs Isoroku Yamamoto: Conflict in the Military Ranks
By Eric HammelThree generations of Americans wrongly believe that General Hideki Tojo and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto were equally culpable in starting the Pacific War. Read more
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Rationing on the U.S. Home Front
By Herb KugelIn 1941-1942, British journalist Alistair Cooke traveled through the United States. In his description of his trip, American Home Front 1941-1942, he reported stopping for breakfast at a restaurant in West Virginia where, “the sugar was rationed at breakfast, and there was a note on the menu requesting that … in the interests of ‘national defense,’ keep to one cup of coffee.” Read more
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Captured! Belgium’s Mighty Fort Eben-Emael
By Roy StevensonAt 4:25am in the predawn darkness of May 10, 1940, nine German gliders silently skidded to a stop on the hilltop of the most heavily defended fortress in Europe, disgorging 71 highly trained German Fallschirmjäger. Read more
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Battle of Tarawa: Don Crain and the First Marine LVT Assault
By Durk SteedHe wore the clothes of one of Tarawa’s most well-known and decorated heroes, but his name will not be found in any history book. Read more
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The Fort Pillow Incident
By Roy Morris Jr.When Confederate Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his 3,000 battle-hardened troopers rode back into their homeland of West Tennessee in late March 1864, they were not in the best of moods. Read more
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The Frémont Emancipation Proclamation
By Lawrence WeberAs the early days of the Civil War were unfolding and the destiny of the republic was beginning to be contested on the battlefield, Abraham Lincoln was engaged in a no less perilous type of battle. Read more
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Japanese Internment: Behind the Barbed Wire in America
By Richard Higgins“We were stunned when we entered the camp,” Yoshio “Yosh” Nakamura said, remembering the day when he and his family, from El Monte, California, were herded through the main gate at the Gila River Relocation Center—a Japanese American internment camp 30 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona—carrying only suitcases into which their worldly possessions had been crammed. Read more
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Four Marines on the “Green Hell” of Guadalcanal
By Adam Makos & Marcus BrothertonOn August 6, 1942, the men of Maj. Gen. Alexander Vandegrift’s U.S. 1st Marine Division watched from the railings as their troopship, the USS George F. Read more
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Joseph P. Kennedy: Most Controversial Ambassador to Great Britain?
By Peter KrossIn 1939, Joseph P. Kennedy, the scion of the modern-day Kennedy family which included three United States senators, an attorney general, and the 35th president of the United States, was appointed the American ambassador to Great Britain by President Franklin D. Read more
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Women of the Air Force
By Amy Goodpaster StrebeIn 1941 two events took place on opposite sides of the world that forever impacted the history of women in aviation. Read more
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War Game Devs Run Into Unique Problems With Afghanistan ‘11
By Joseph Luster World of Warships: LegendsAt the time of this writing we’re fresh into the new year, so naturally that means it’s time to turn our attention toward a new port of one of Wargaming’s biggest titles. Read more
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Learning History from the History Makers
It has often been said that kids today have no interest in, or knowledge of, history. While there may be some truth in that, it is not a universal truth. Read more
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Marines in the Air: The Story of Joe’s Jokers
By Allyn Vannoy“As a returning flight of Marine SBDs, dive bombers, were setting down on the airstrip, one of the planes lost a bomb which had failed to release during the mission. Read more
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WWII Diary of a Boy Soldier: A Story of Youth and Resistance
Julian Kulski was only ten years old when he was introduced to war. As he hunted for mushrooms near Warsaw, Poland, he was struck by the unmistakable buzz of the German blitzkrieg:
“… we heard the sound of engines. Read more
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Battle of Metz: Patton’s Bloody Fortress Battle
By William E. WelshLieutenant General George Patton’s Third Army had come a long way since it was activated on August 1 in Normandy. Read more
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Two Typhoons Crippled Bull Halsey’s Task Force 38
By Michael D. HullAfter two grueling months of action in the Pacific, Vice Admiral John S. “Slew” McCain’s powerful Task Force 38 retired in late November 1944 to the big Caroline Islands base of Ulithi Atoll for a 10-day breather. Read more
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New Years Battle at Ludweiler: Delaying Operation Nordwind
By Patrick J. Chaisson“Lieutenant Rochester, take a look at this.”
The American patrol halted next to an abandoned industrial building. Read more
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Cultural Clash in New Caledonia
By Gene E. SaleckerIn June1940, when France capitulated to Nazi Germany, the victorious Germans agreed to let the French retain control over the southern portion of their country and all their colonial possessions. Read more
